Katarina was encouraged in expressing herself through art by her mother and has early memories of painting pink flowers with her, as small girls love doing. Whilst she studied medicine, she painted for relaxation and visited art classes at the University in Regensburg. This was followed by several smaller solo art exhibitions in Munich. After moving to the UK in 1993, work on busy hospital wards took her away from painting. Nevertheless, she painted her largest abstract ‘Tree of Reason’ (2 x 3m) for unveiling and opening of the then new postgraduate centre at Birmingham Heartland Hospital by the Duchess of Gloucester. More recently, and since retiring from academia, she restarted her passion and is now a member of the CROWs (Creative Older Women), an Exeter art group and the Devon Artist Network. 

Colour and light feature in her landscape painting. Her style is characterised by the marriage of blue and green which signify green space, water and clear skies. Her outdoor activities of rock climbing, sea kayaking and sea swimming allow her to discover less visited places of beauty and wonder, which inspire her artwork.  She loves the occasional plein air experience which was made popular by the impressionist, though not always easy without rain and wind protection. She paints eco-friendly using water mixable oils and avoids use of solvents, this sometimes within a mixed media approach. More recently she fell in love with pastels.  You can find some of her work at the Lantic Gallery in Tiverton, Devon.